California PG&E Offers a $500 Clean Fuel Rebate for Electric Cars; ChargePoint to Introduce 400kW DC Fast Chargers; VW Electric Concept Van I.D. Buzz Seen at 2017 Detroit Auto Show
California PG&E Offers a $500 Clean Fuel Rebate for Electric Cars
California Utility Company PG&E just started to offer a $500 Clean Fuel Rebate to its customers who drive an electric car. The rebate results from the State’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. PG&E gets credits from the state as its customers charge EVs using electricity at home and the company passes on the money to the customers through this new rebate program.
To apply, simply submit the PG&E account number and the EV’s registration card through the website.
PG&E recently also got the approval on spending $130 million to install 7,500 chargers in the residential areas it covers.
ChargePoint to Introduce 400kW DC Fast Chargers
According to Charged EVs, ChargePoint will roll out 400kW chargers in July this year. The system is called Express Plus. It will allow to charge the 200-mile Chevy Bolt and Tesla Model 3 at maximum power rates.
ChargePoint also launched Express 250 fast charging system, which is capable of generating 90 miles of electro-range in half an hour.
VW Electric Concept Van I.D. Buzz Seen at 2017 Detroit Auto Show
According to Car Magazine, VW exhibited a new electric concept van named I.D. Buzz at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show. The all-electric van has eight seats and goes for 270 miles on one charge. It is capable of fully autonomous driving, in which the driver’s seat can turn and face back and the futuristic steering wheel can go into the dashboard.
I.D. Buzz is built on VW’s MEB electric car platform. A compact hatchback electric car with the platform will go on sale in 2020. VW expects sales of one million of electric cars per year by 2025. Fully autonomous driving is also “conceivable starting in 2025”.